Emilie
Autumn
Bristol, Academy
11th March 2012
Tonight
we headed down to Bristol, Academy to watch Emilie
Autumn bring her Fight Like A Girl tour to the
UK and ended up experiencing one of the most breathtaking
shows ever.
Emilie Autumn is a classically trained musician
and performer like no other she is backed up by
The Bloody Crumpets who are three girls who go
by the name of Veronica Varlow, Captain Maggot
and The Blessed Contessa and between the 4 of
them there is so much diversity in their characters
which help them put on a show which should have
a permanent home in the west end.
The
show started dead on 8pm when the lights went
down and a spoken word introduction went on for
10minutes before each character appeared in silhouette
form behind the big circular screen situated at
the back of the stage brandishing their weapons
of choice like something out of a horror movie
before making their way onto the stage one by
one moving like possessed puppets, Emilie was
the last of the girls to make their way on stage
and she had a wild outfit on that I am sure even
Lady Gaga would be jealous of and from this moment
we just knew we was in for a visual and musical
masterpiece.
As
the show progressed it featured pretty much everything
from tea parties, cakes being thrown in the crowd,
fights with knifes and spoons, dancing with fire
and feathers and also Emilie doing what she does
best playing the violin, keyboard and singing
with pure passion.
There were also some comical moments of the show
such as when Veronica Varlow brought a couple
of girls from the crowd on stage to do the rat
dance and share a kiss which was met by heckles
from a guy in the crowd shouting “I wish
I was a girl now” which Veronica Varlow
responded with a positive reply of “Whoever
just said that I fucking love you for that statement
and am making out with you in my mind”.
Musically
the stand out moments of the show were when ‘Girls
Girls Girl’s and ‘One Foot’
were played, both songs are so different from
each other yet so enjoyable. ‘Girls Girls
Girls’ was performed in a real upbeat musical
way which had Emilie and The Bloody Crumpets dancing
around stage like pros with Captain Maggot bringing
a bit of humour to the performance with masturbation
actions. ‘One Foot’ was more of a
laid back serious performance which featured Captain
Maggot playing a marching band style drum beat
whilst the rest of the girls moved on stage to
the lyrics putting one foot in front of the other.
Towards
the end of the show Emilie made a beautiful speech
where she asked the crowd to look at what she
has been looking at all night and look around
at the crowd as no two people looked the same,
she stated that everyone was beautiful looking
yet there was no genres, no dress code, no age
bracket yet such a wonderfull and wide mixture
of people had come together to experience the
same show, whilst looking around I noticed there
was a wide age group which ranged from people
in their teens to people in their late 50’s
there were people in stripy tights, there were
people with skinheads,
people with big green Mohawks, people with hair
extensions, people wearing corsets male and female
and it was truly amazing knowing that an Emilie
Autumn show could bring such a diverse range of
people together.
It is not every day that someone as unique and
fun like Emilie Autumn tours but seriously if
she ever comes to a town near you then head along
as no words, reviews or anything can really explain
just how enjoyable an Emilie Autumn show is as
you really need to experience it for yourself
and make sure to make the effort to dress up and
get fully involved.
Emilie Autumn – 5/5
Review By Trigger
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